Modenbach

Modenbach
The Buschmühle mill in the Modenbach valley
Location
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
RegionsPalatine Forest and Anterior Palatinate
Reference no.DE: 23788
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorth of Ramberg on the eastern flank of the Hermeskopf
 • coordinates49°17′29″N 8°00′37″E / 49.2913944°N 8.0102361°E / 49.2913944; 8.0102361
 • elevationca. 438 m above sea level (NN) [1]
Mouth 
 • location
In Hanhofen into the Speyerbach
 • coordinates
49°18′28″N 8°21′06″E / 49.3078778°N 8.3515944°E / 49.3078778; 8.3515944
 • elevation
ca. 107 m above sea level (NN) [1]
Length29.83 km (18.54 mi)[2]
Basin size84.132 km2 (32.484 sq mi)[2]
Basin features
ProgressionSpeyerbachRhineNorth Sea
LandmarksVillages: Flemlingen (only Buschmühle), Hainfeld, Edesheim, Großfischlingen, Freimersheim, Freisbach, Hanhofen
Tributaries 
 • rightBruchbach
WaterbodiesReservoirs: Weir by the Buschmühle mill, Edesheim Castle pond

The Modenbach is a stream, just under 30 kilometres (19 mi) long, and a right-hand tributary of the Speyerbach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

  1. ^ a b 1:25,000 topographic map series
  2. ^ a b Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz